United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics

United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics
The United States (USA) was the host nation for the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. 646 competitors, 375 men and 271 women, took part in 263 events in 31 sports.
The team finished first in the overall medal rankings for the first time since 1984, and for the first time since 1968 in a non-boycotted Summer Olympics.
Medalists
The following U.S. competitors won medals at the games. In the by discipline sections below, medalists' names are bolded.
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* – Indicates that the athlete competed in preliminaries but not the final.
Competitors
The following is the list of number of competitors in the Games.
Archery
The United States claimed both of the gold medals in the men's archery competitions, with Justin Huish claiming the individual medal and the three-man team claiming the team medal. The American women were not as successful.
Men
Women
Athletics
Men
Track & road events
Notes:* – Indicates the athlete ran in a preliminary round but not the final.
Field events
Combined events – Decathlon
Women
Track & road events
Field events
Combined events – Heptathlon
Badminton
Baseball
Baseball was open only to male amateurs in 1992 and 1996. As a result, the Americans and other nations where professional baseball is developed relied on collegiate players, while Cubans used their most experienced veterans, who technically were considered amateurs as they nominally held other jobs, but in fact trained full-time. In 2000, pros were admitted, but the MLB refused to release its players in 2000, 2004, and 2008, and the situation changed only a little: the Cubans still used their best players, while the Americans started using minor leaguers. The IOC cited the absence of the best players as the main reason for baseball being dropped from the Olympic program.
Summary
Roster
Kris Benson
R. A. Dickey
Troy Glaus
Chad Green
Seth Greisinger
Travis Lee
Augie Ojeda
Jason Williams
Chad Allen
Kip Harkrider
A. J. Hinch
Jacque Jones
Mark Kotsay
Matt LeCroy
Braden Looper
Brian Loyd
Warren Morris
Jeff Weaver
Jim Parque
Billy Koch
Round robin
Semifinal
Bronze medal game
Basketball
Summary
Men's tournament
Roster
Mitch Richmond
David Robinson
John Stockton
Shaquille O'Neal
Gary Payton
Scottie Pippen
Karl Malone
Reggie Miller
Hakeem Olajuwon
Charles Barkley
Penny Hardaway
Grant Hill
Head coach: Lenny Wilkens
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Gold medal game
Women's tournament
Roster
Dawn Staley
Katy Steding
Sheryl Swoopes
Katrina McClain
Nikki McCray
Carla McGhee
Venus Lacy
Lisa Leslie
Rebecca Lobo
Jennifer Azzi
Ruthie Bolton
Teresa Edwards
Head coach: Tara VanDerveer
Group play
Quarterfinal
Semifinal
Gold medal game
Boxing
Canoeing
Slalom
Men
Women
Sprint
Men
Women
Key: QF – Qualified to medal final; SF – Qualified to semifinal; R – Qualified to repechage
Cycling
Road
Men
Women
Track
Points race
Sprint
Pursuit
Time trial
Mountain bike
Diving
Men
Women
Equestrian
Dressage
Eventing
Jumping
* – Though Matz placed high enough to qualify for the final, only three riders per nation were allowed to advance to the final.
Fencing
Fifteen fencers, nine men and six women, represented the United States in 1996.
Men
Women
Field hockey
Summary
Men's tournament
The US men's field hockey team competed for the sixth time at the Summer Olympics. On home soil the squad coached by Jon Clark once again finished twelfth and last.
Roster
Head Coach: Jon Clark
Tom Vano
Steve Danielson
Larry Amar
Marq Mellor
Scott Williams
Steve Jennings
Steven van Randwijck
Mark Wentges
John O'Neill
Eelco Wassenaar
Nick Butcher
Ahmed Elmaghraby
Phil Sykes
Otto Steffers
Ben Maruquin
Steve Wagner (GK)
Preliminary round
9th-12th place semifinal
11th place match
Women's tournament
The US women's field hockey team competed for the third time at the Summer Olympics. On home soil the team coached by Pam Hixon and finished fifth.
Roster
Head coach: Pam Hixon
Patty Shea (GK)
Laurel Martin
Liz Tchou
Marcia Pankratz
Cindy Werley
Diane Madl
Kris Fillat
Kelli James
Tracey Fuchs
Antoinette Lucas
Katie Kauffman
Andrea Wieland (GK)
Leslie Lyness
Barbara Marois
Jill Reeve
Pamela Bustin
Preliminary round
Football (soccer)
Summary
Men's tournament
Roster
Head coach: Bruce Arena
Preliminary round
Women's tournament
Roster
Head coach: Tony DiCicco
Preliminary round
Semifinal
Gold medal match
Gymnastics
Artistic
Men
Team
Individual finals
Women
Team
Individual finals
* – Strug slightly injured her ankle during her first vault attempt in the final rotation of the team competition, then exacerbated the injury on her second attempt to dramatically clinch the gold for the United States. Due to her injury, she was unable to compete in the individual finals. This necessitated the substitution of Miller in the vault, Dawes in the floor exercise and Moceanu in the all-around.
Rhythmic
Individual
Group
Handball
Summary
Judo
Men
Women
Modern pentathlon
Rowing
Men
Women
Qualification legend: FA=Final A (medal); FB=Final B (non-medal); FC=Final C (non-medal); FD=Final D (non-medal); SA/B=Semifinal A/B; SC/D=Semifinal C/D; R=Repechage
Sailing
Men
Women
Open
Fleet racing
Mixed racing
Shooting
Men
Women
Softball
Summary
Roster
Lisa Fernandez
Leah O'Brien-Amico
Laura Berg
Lori Harrigan
Dorothy Richardson
Christa Williams
Michele Smith
Gillian Boxx
Sheila Cornell
Michele Granger
Dionna Harris
Kim Maher
Julie Smith
Shelly Stokes
Dani Tyler
Head coach: Ralph Raymond
Preliminary round robin
Defeated Puerto Rico (10:0)
Defeated Netherlands (9:0)
Defeated Japan (6:1)
Defeated Chinese Taipei (10:0)
Defeated Canada (4:2)
Lost to Australia (1:2)
Defeated PR China (3:2)
Semifinals
Defeated PR China (1:0)
Final
Defeated PR China (3:1)
Swimming
Men
Key: * – Swimmer competed in the heat but not the final; FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)
Women
Key: * – Swimmer competed in the heat but not the final; FA – Qualify to A final (medal); FB – Qualify to B final (non-medal)
Synchronized swimming
Table tennis
Tennis
Men
Women
Volleyball
Beach
Indoor
Summary
Men
Roster
Lloy Ball
Bob Ctvrtlik
Scott Fortune
John Hyden
Bryan Ivie
Michael Lambert
Dan Landry
Jeff Nygaard
Tom Sorensen
Jeff Stork
Ethan Watts
Brett Winslow
Head coach: Fred Sturm
Preliminary round
Women
Roster
Tara Cross-Battle
Lori Endicott
Caren Kemner
Kristin Klein
Beverly Oden
Elaina Oden
Danielle Scott
Tammy Webb
Paula Weishoff
Tonya Williams
Elaine Youngs
Yoko Zetterlund
Head coach: Terry Liskevych
Preliminary round
Quarterfinal
5th – 8th semifinal
7th place match
Water polo
Summary
Roster
Gavin Arroyo
Troy Barnhart
Christopher Duplanty
Michael Scott Evans
Everist Kirk
Daniel Hackett
Chris Humbert
Kyle Kopp
Jeremy Laster
Rick McNair
Chris Oeding
Alexis Rousseau
Wolf Wigo
Head coach: Richard Corso
Preliminary round
Quarterfinal
5th-8th classification
7th place match
Weightlifting
Wrestling
Freestyle
Greco-Roman
See also
United States at the 1995 Pan American Games
Notes
References
Nations at the 1996 Summer Olympics
1996
Olympics